Which to use
“regarda” and “regardée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,540
- “regarda” frequency rank
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- 34786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regarda | regardée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de regarder. | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regarda and regardée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regarda runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regardée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses regarda with regardée
A purely visual mix-up. regarda (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.da\) and regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regarda is recorded at frequency rank #17,540, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.da\. regardée is at rank #17,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34786, this pair ranks #281,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regarda vs regardée
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regarda": -. Private to "regardée": é.
"regarda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regarda ← ergarda · reagrda · regadra · regarad · regardda · regarrda · reggarda · regrada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regarda" for "regardée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regarda" or "regardée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regarda" and "regardée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regarda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regarda" and "regardée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardée vs remariée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #281,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.